Deliver project management expertise to the contract negociation with a tier-1 mobile operator in France, including: systems integration lifecycle expertise, acceptance procedures expertise.

• Client: Acision
• 2008 - 12 months
• Service: Project Management
• Mission: SMSC deployment to a French Mobile Operator with custom development, 12+ staff across Europe, multi-millions Euros

Deployment of two new SMSC including several custom developments and three Acision products. Mission from contract signature up to go-live and transfer to support.
Challenges: The highly customised solution requires the project team to adapt to the very specific technical and integration requirements. High degree of "ceremony" and strict waterfall approach required.
Achievements: go-live of two new SMSCs in time to support New Year's eve traffic peak, no issues recorded during New Year's eve, protecting the customer's revenue stream.

Working for Kyak Systems we review, re-design and implement the suppliers reporting structure as well as chair the BT/Suppliers weekly meetings and evangelise Agile practices within the 21CN programme. Challenges: Intervene in a very complex multi-years, multi billion pounds programme and impose a reporting framework.
Achievements: Standardised and simplified programme reporting around technology enabler threads and business threads, with timed-boxed delivery. Clarification of deliverables statuses accross the boards, establishment of risks and key issues register.

• Client: ebookers.com / Travelport
• 2007 - 6 months
• Service: Project Management
• Mission: Manage a portofolio of internet projects

Management of a number of projects for Travelport/ebookers aimed at increasing B2C sales and margin by improving offering and/or reducing transactions costs.
Challenges: Manage projects in parallel. Develop understanding of Travel websites.
Key achievement: On time delivery. Coaching of business users in requirements definition practices and UAT. Introduction of iterative delivery in an otherwise waterfall methodology.

Manage the programme of work for the largest customer: France Telecom. Scope: integration of SMS and MMS gateway. Intervene from pre-sales and up to transfer to support, covering hardware purchasing, build, product configuration and specifics requirements management and implementation. Strong client facing responsibilities.
Participate in process definition as part of the quality initiative across the company.
Challenges: Work in a relative immature environment as far as project management processes are concerned.
Achievements: Key actor in building successful working relationship between Empower Interactive and France Telecom. Contribute to the development of the project management function within the organisation.

• o2 (as member of Staff)
• 2002 - 2004
• Project Management
• Mission: Manage a portofolio of internet projects

Management of projects in the data messaging area. Including:
- MMS VAS: Manage the delivery of the Web/Wap portal for MMS Value Added services in time for commercial launch. Roll-out of the solution in 4 european countries.
- o2 Germany: Manage the migration of the customer webmail solution for O2 Germany. Manage teams in UK and Germany, responsible for all workstreams (data migration, new product configuration, hardware build and web front-end development).

- Manage the technical delivery of GPRS Billing, using Portal Infranet and Legacy Customer Care and Billing system, with strong technical influence on design. Strongly involved in solution design.
- Manage the technical delivery and design the solution for Mobile Number Portability changes to the Customer Care and Billing system. Covering: provisioning, customer management and billing. Managing project to very tight deadlines due to government regulations using fast-tracking techniques.

• 2008-2009
• Service: Web Development
• Mission: Development, Hosting and Management of Websites

Web site design, development and management using Drupal CMS.
e-commerce: SulingTea
community: francaisalondres.com
community: Mouvement Democrate UK

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